Hog-trough.



H. IVI. LEONARD.

HUG TROUGH.

APPLxcATIoN FILED 1AN.`20,1916.

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H. M. LEONARD.

Hoc THOUGH.

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` HENRY ivi. LEONARD, or rornirn, Kansas.

HOG-TROUGH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed January 20, 1916. Serial No. 73,253.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that 1, HENRY M. LEONARD,'

citizen of the United States residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and ,State of Kansas, have invented certain new andr troughs.

More specifically the invention relates to feeding apparatus comprising a pair of .troughs in communication with a supply hopper and provided with feeding mechanism between the hopper and the troughs and ofa type such that the hogs may operate they feeding devices and feed the material such fas grain from the hopper into the troughs, thus preventing any undue Waste of the feed.

r1`he invention may be further briefly suinmarizled as consisting in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth in the following drawings, description and claims.

Referring to the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of the apparatus; lEig. 2 1s a section view taken just to one side of the central trough partition; Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. l2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows in that figure; Fig. 4 is a top plan view; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 taken on one side of the intermediate partitions; Fig. 6 is a detailed view of one of the intermediate partitions; Fig. 7, is a detailed view of the greater portion of the central partitiongand lEig. 8 is a detailed view showing the arrangement at the center for supporting the cover.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings each end comprises a hopper shaped portion 1 having a trough end portion 2, the side edges of the portion 1 converging inward toward the center at the bottom and the upper side edges of the trough end portion 2 converging to meet the edges of the hopper end, these edges forming a narrow neck at their point of meeting. lThe trough'ends form the supporting means for the device as will appear. Each of the trough ends is bound upon its edge with a binding of angle iron 3,' to give it the proper stiness and hold it in shape and this binding may form a part of edge strips l of the hopper end portion 1, these strips being angularly shaped in cross section also.

rllhe upper end of this end portion has its edges inclining upward toward-each other at the center to form a gable end and the edges of the end are bound by suitable binding strips 5 of angle iron. All of these binding strips are rigidly secured tothe v'end plate. Engaging the side flange of each of the binding strips 4f is a side plate 5 bolted to the iiange by suitable bolts 6. At its lower edge each side plate is provided with an angle strip 7 having an inwardly extending flange 8 as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. In like manner the upper edge of each of these side plates is provided with an upper angle strip 9 having vaninwardly extending flange 10. These sides being secured to the flanges of the end binding strips serve to hold the parts together at these points..

rl`he ends are also secured at the apeX of the gable portions by tie strips 11 having end portions 12 bolted to the ends of the device as shown in Fig. 8. l

lt is obvious from the description of the parts as already given that the sides and thel ends form a hopper with a restricted opening at the bottom and it is below this opening and between the ends that the trough and feeding mechanism is mounted.

The trough and feeding mechanism will now be described. The trough bottom is preferably hip shaped and it comprises two sloping sides 13 meeting 'at a ridge 14 with the lower outer ends of the sides curved upward to form portions 15 which are substantially at right angles to the planes of the sides 13. The extreme outer edge of each of the portions 15 is bent upward to form a 'iange 1G. At each end each of the sides is provided with an inwardly extending flange 17 adapted to be secured to the corresponding vtrough end by suitable bolts 18, and each portion 15 in like manner is provided with a flange 19 secured to the corresponding trough end by bolts 20. rThis trough bottom structure also serves to hold the entire apparatus together.

. and this mechanism consists in each instance In order to separate each of the two troughs into individual troughs suitable diaphragm plates or partitions are provided and they are all alike with the exception of a double center partition, so that a description of this central partition and a description of one of the others will suce for all. The central partition comprises a pair of individual trough partition portions 21 of substantially the transverse configuration of either of the troughs. |Ihese two partition portions are connected by an integral angle piece 22 at the center which is adapted to it over the ridge of the trough bottom. Each of these trough partition portions is provided with a circular opening 23 near its upper end and with a rectangular opening 24 to the inside of the opening 23, these openings being for a purpose to be described. The upper outer corner of each of these trough partition portions is cut away at 25 to receive the corresponding angle strip 7 of the corresponding` side.

The individual trough partition is shown in Fig. 6 and comprises a body portion 26 having an opening 27 corresponding to the opening 23 and a notch 28 corresponding to the opening 24. This partition is also provided with a recess 29 corresponding to the recess 25 and the remaining portion of the upper end of this partition is cut away to conform to an apron structure arranged above it as will later appear. All of these partitions are held in place by suitable lugs 30 riveted or otherwise secured to the trough bottom and with an ear 31 adapted to be secured by means of a bolt 32 to the angle strip 7 as shown in Fig. 1.

These partitions may be placed in accordance with any predetermined arrangement when the device is constructed, but it is shown with one central partition and two intermediate partitions between the central partition and each end thereby forming a plurality of individual troughs, six being yshown in the drawings. In order to support the trough mechanism intermediate the ends a vsupporting rail 33 is provided in each set `of openings 24 and 28 of the partitions.

These rails support the mechanism by reason of the fact that the several partitions are notched in a manner such that they hang as it were, upon these supporting rails.

Each of the individual troughs is provided with individual feeding mechanism of a feeding plate 34 forming a part of the hip shaped plate supporting member 35 engaging over the hip of the trough bottom and supporting the corresponding feeding plate 34 on the opposite side. These feeding plate structures lit between the troughs as will readily be seen in Fig. 4. Extending through the openings 23 and through the ends of the device are feeder roll shafts 36. Upon these shafts and within each individual trough is a feeding roll 37 having a longitudinally corrugated periphery 38. Each of these rolls is loose on the shaft and is adapted to rotate freely above the plate 34. In order to limit the amount of feed passing to the feeding roll and to prevent the clogging of the roll a suitable apron is provided for each side of the machine. Each apron consists of a body portion 39 touching the inner edge of the liange 8 of the angle 7 and secured to the side above this angle by means of bolts 40 extending through a iange 41 forming a part of the main apron portion. These main apron portions follow generally the inclination of the hopper 7 and at their lower inner ends each is provided with a downwardly extending skirt 42 adapted to pass 'down along the side of the corresponding rail 33 and within the notches 28 in the partitions. These skirt portions terminate short of the hopper shaped member 35 so as to form a restricted opening at this point for the passage of the feed to the feeding roller. The skirt portion of each apron structure is slotted at the center as at 43 to receive the upwardly extending portion 22 of the central partition.

A suitable cover is provided for the device and it consists of two cover portions 44 and 45 hinged together by suitable hinge structures 46. The cover 45 is the one which is to be opened. In order to prevent the cover portion 44 from sliding off at the side a suitable flange 47 is projected from the plate of the cover portion 44 and it extends down over the opposite side of the tie bars l1.

Having described my invention, I claim:

l. In a feeding apparatus, a hopper having a bottom outlet, an inclined wall at said outlet, a ribbed feeding roller horizontally opposite said wall and spaced therefrom, a fiat horizontal feeding platform extending outwardly from said wall below said roller,

a trough in position to receive feed from said platform, said roller being exposed in said trough for actuation by the animal being fed, and an apron having a depending skirt portion between said roller and wall which restricts the feed passage and prevents flow of the feed to the upper portion of the roller. a

2. In a feeding apparatus, a hopper having a bottom outlet, a hip shaped member having its inclined walls arranged at the outlet thereby forming two feeding openings, ribbed feeding rolls one horizontally opposite to each inclined wall and spaced therefrom, a flat horizontal feeding platform extending outwardly from each inclined wall below the corresponding feeding roll, a trough for each feeding roll in a position to receive food from the correspond-y ing platform, all of said rolls being exposed and prevent flow of feed to the upper porin the trough for actuation by the animals tions of the rolls.

fed, and aprons extending from the sides In testimony whereof ll ailix mysignature of the hopper over the rolls and having in presence of two witnesses as follows.

depending skirt portions lying between the e HENRY M. LENARD. feeding rolls and the corresponding inclined Witnesses:

walls of the hip shaped member, said aprons GEORGE A. GABLn,

being adapted to restrict the feed passage ll-IARRY B. ATWELL.

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